How has California state spending changed over the years?
- California's published data covers vendor payments only (vendor payments only), so these are payments in this dataset, not the whole state budget.
State spending by fiscal year across all loaded years: from $71.45B (2023) to $60.41B (2026). FY2026 is still in progress (data through 2026-05-31).
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2023 | $71.45B |
| 2024 | $65.53B |
| 2025 | $76.14B |
| 2026 | $60.41B |
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- California state government payments (money paid out; source: California Department of Finance (Open FI$Cal)), not federal obligations. They include federal grant money the state spends, so don't add them to federal totals.
- California fiscal years run July to June (FY2026 started July 2025).
- FY2026 is in progress: payments through 2026-05-31.
- No year given: covers FY2023–FY2026.
- California's vendor files don't include state payroll, most Medi-Cal provider payments or entities outside FI$Cal, so they cover a fraction of the state's budget.